Hatpin



Patented oct.' '18, 1921..

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E. B. FLAHERW HATP|N. APPLICATION FILED. MAY 19, 1921. 1,894,297.

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PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BERNARD FLAHERTY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HATPIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 18, 1921.

Application led May 19, 1921. Serial No. 470,801.

T o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. FLAHERTY, a citizen of the United States, residinA at Denver, in the county of Denver and tate of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hatpins, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relate-s to improvements in hatv pins although the principles of the invention are applicable to pins intended for other uses.

One objection to the use of the ordinary hat pin is that the frequency of its insertion and removal soon damages the material of the hat, and therefore it is one of the primary objects of the present invention to provide a pin which when once applied vto the hat may remain permanently in place and will therefore not be open to the objection noted.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the pin that the same cannot become lost while the hat is being worn nor accidentally separated from the hat when the hat is not being worn and which, when kthrust into place, will not be liable to be come disarranged and will therefore at all times hold the hat securely upon the head.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the pin that it will be devoid of the usual sharp piercing point and cannot therefore cause injury to the user or to others.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hatv pin which may be applied to any kind of hat made of any of the usual materials or to caps such for example as nurses ca s Si further object of the invention is to provide a pin so constructed that all eX- posed parts may be ornamented so as to reir der the pin attractive in appearance, the other component parts of the pin being concealed when the hat is upon the head although if desired certain of them may be exposed to view and suitably ornamented.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a lvertical longitudinal sectional view through one form of hat .pin embodying the invention applied to a hat which is also shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the frame member of the piu;

Fig. 4c is a side elevation in detail of one member of the head of the pin;

Fig. 5 is a similar View illustrating another member of the pin;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. l illustratin@ a modified form of pin.

riefly stated, the hat pin embodying the invention comprises a frame member, the pin which when in place is supported by the frame member, and a guard for the point of the pin.

In the drawings, the frame is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and the same consists generally speaking of a bowed member 2 which has the desired degree of rigidity and may be resilient or otherwise as found desirable. This member also may be of any desired cross sectional shape and have any desired longitudinal curvature and the saine supports at one end a sleeve 3 and at its other end a sleeve 4, the sleeves being longitudinally split or open and the sleeve 3 being of greater length than the sleeve 4f, and

vthe said sleeves being beveled at their outer ends exteriorly as at 5 and 6 respectively so as to enable other parts of the device to be readily tted thereto when the Sleeves project at their said ends a suliicient distance beyond the outer side of the hat indicated by the reference letter I-I. The member 2 is united or 4Lconnected at its ends to the inner or relatively adjacent ends of the sleeves 3 and 4c so that when the sleeves are fitted through or into the opposite sides of the crownV of a hat, as shown in Fig. l, the said sleeves will project exteriorly of the crown unless the crown is of considerable thickness. In the form of the invention shown in Fig. l, the hat pin proper is Straight, and the frame is constructed to support this type of pin but the pin proper may be of arcuate or curved form, as shown in Fig. 6, in which event the other parts of the article will be correspondingly modified in shape. Thus in the first mentioned figure the sleeves 3 and 4 are axially alined whereas in the modified structure they are alined on the arc of a circle.

The hat pin proper is indicated in general by the numeral 7 and the same comprises a shank 8 which is secured at one end, as at 9, in any suitable manner, to the closed inner end 10 of a ferrule 11 which is split longitudinally as at l2 preferably along diametrically opposite sides and which at its opposite or open end is contracted, as at i3, to

frictionally fit and grip the sleeve 3 of the frame 1, the wall'of the ferrule 11 being resilient to adapt it to perform this function.

The ferrule 11 is permanently fitted andhoused within a socket 14 formed axially longitudinally within the head of the pin which is indicated in general by the numeral 15 and which may be of any desired contour and ornamented in any desired manner.

The numeral L16 indicates a retaining sleeve which is frictionally fitted through the bore of the sleeve 3 and is provided at its end which lies interiorly of the hat, when the pin is in place, with a head 17 having a flared throat 18, the opposite end of the sleeve 16 projecting beyond the end 5 of the said sleeve 3 and being split longitudinally, as at 19, so as to provide gripping portions 20. This end of the sleeve is furthermore both interiorly and exteriorly conically tapered so that the bore of the sleeve at this end is Somewhat restricted but by ref'- erence to Fig; 1 it will now be observed that the shank 8 of the .pin extends axially within the ferrule V11 of the pin 15 and when the pin is assembled with the frame 1 extends longitudinally through the sleeve 16 and between the ends of the member 2 of the said frame 1. The restricted end of thesleeve 16 frictionally lits the lshank 8 of the pin 7 and this shank is provided at its extremity with a substantially conoidal point l21 which however is not so sharply pointed as the'end of the ordinary hat pin. y In fact the point 21 is of greater diameter than the shank of the pin and it will therefore be evident that when the shank ofthe pin Iis drawn outwardly through the sleeve 16 the said point 21 will enter the bore of the sleeve through the throat 18 and will thus be brought to a position where it will not interfere with the placing ofthe hat upon the head or its removal therefrom. However, this withdrawal of the pin does not serve to completely separate it vfrom the frame member 1 for the restricted sirable 'to do so. Therefore the pin will at all times be retained connected with the frame which is arranged within the hat. The

head 17 of the sleeve 16 is designed to engage at its periphery against the innerY side of the crown of the hat and is formed with a peripheral series of notches 17a' in any one of which the adjacent end of the frame member 2 may engage depending upon the angular disposition of the said frame.

In order to support and house the pointed end of the pin 7, a sleeve "22 is fitted through the sleeve 4 and is provided Vat its inner end with 'a head 23 having an interiorly conical throat 24 and a circumscribing exterior flange 25. The sleeve is adapted to receive the point 21 of the pin, the pointed end of the pin being guided into the bore ofthe sleeve by contact with the wall of the throat 24 and especially if the pin is slightly deflected by the hair or by coming in contact with hair pins. The fiange 25 ofthe head 23 is designed, as in the case of the'fiange 17, to engage at its periphery against the inner side of the crown of the hat, and is formed with notches 26 to accommodate the adjacent end ofthe frame member 2.

In order to conceal and guard the projectin'g ends of the sleeves 4 and 22, there is provided Aa guard member indicated in general by the numeral 28 and which in the present instance comprises a substantially spherical body 29 having a socket 30 formed therein and having fitted into this socket a ferrule 31 which has a Vclosed inner end and a restricted open outer end 32 corresponding to the end 13 of the ferrule 11 and adapted, in Vlike manner, to frictionally fit into the projecting portion of the sleeve 22, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In an article of the class described, a frame comprising a bowed member and sleeves supported at the ends thereof, sleeves fitted within the first-'mentioned sleeves, and a pin having a shank fitted through one of the last-mentioned sleeves and into the other last-mentioned sleeve.

frame comprising a bowed member and sleeves supported at the ends thereof sleeves fitted within the first-mentionedsleeves,and a pin having a 'sha-nk fitted through Vone of the last-mentioned sleeves and into the other sleeve, and being provided with an enlarged point received within the other last-mentioned sleeve. I

3. In an article of the class described, a frame comprising a bowed member and sleeves'supported at the ends thereof, sleeves fitted within the first-mentioned sleeves, and a pin having a shank fitted through one of the last-mentioned sleeves and iiitnthe other t last-mentioned sleeve, `and being provided kwith an enlarged point received within the last-mentioned sleeve, 4the third-mentioned sleeve having a restricted outer end to v'prevent free passage of the said enlarged point of the pink shank;

4. In an article 0f the class described, a bowed member, sleeves at the ends of the said membe'na point housing member carried by one of the sleeves, and a pin having a head -frictionally fitting the other -sleeve and provided with a shank extending therethrough and received within the housing member of the first-mentioned sleeve.

5. In an article of the class described, a bowed member, sleeves at the ends of the said member, a housing member carried by one of the sleeves, 2L pin having a heed fricJ tionally ttng the other sleeve and provided with e shank extending therethrough and having its point received Within the housing member, and e guard 'rictionally tted onto the rst-mentioned sleeve.

6. In an article of the class described, a bowed frame member, sleeves at the ends thereof, sleeves tted Within the first-mentioned sleeves and having flanges to peripherally engage the inner side of a hat crovvn into Which the first-mentioned sleeves may he fitted, the peripheries of the said flanges being notched to receive the adjacent end portions of the freine member, and a pin having a shank fitted rctionally through one of the last-mentioned sleeves and at its pointed end into the other lastmentioned sleeve.

In testimony Whereo I afIiX my signature.

EDWARD BERNARD FLAHERTY. [11. S.] 

